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Can PS3 pull it off?

It'll pass Wii this year lol 6 17.65%
 
It'll pass in 2017 11 32.35%
 
It'll pass in 2018 5 14.71%
 
Wii will hold on 8 23.53%
 
They will be very even 4 11.76%
 
Total:34
Magnus86 said:
bananaking21 said:
well PS3 is down YoY in japan so i dont know. how much did it sell last year?

VGC say 1.23m but it's undertracked for sure, their numbers don't match with the Media Create ones.

For me it can surpass the Wii in late 2016(there will be more than one price drop for sure until then).

oh god I wasn't even thinking of price drops.  If Wii is at the same price in Japan as it is here (equivalent of $130) then it only really has one left there.  If PS3 is still the equivalent of $250 then it still has 2 or 3 significant price drops to go.  I think that's what a lot of people are forgetting about PS3 this gen.  PS2 was at $200 by 03 I believe (the 3rd year of its life if not sooner) so PS3 still isn't even that low.  PS3 getting under each $100 interval is bigger than going from $300 to $250 I think.  It's just a big deal to see it under $200 for the mass consumer and that will help it maintain very well.




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Btw i would wait for it to get the 199/149$ price point before make any assumption... did everyone forget from when the PS2 started selling like crazy? (Before you tell me that, i know that it will not do the same numbers so late in the gen)